Introduction:

Welcome to CDRunner95! CDRunner95 was designed to make 
the digital life easier for all of us. CDRunner95 allows
Windows 95 to give us the autoplay technology it promised.
While CDRunner95 is active all you now have to do to run
that favorite CD is put it in the drive! CDRunner95 will
take it from there whether or not the disc is designed for
autoplay. Here's a breakdown of some of the features 
included in CDRunner95:

	* Remembers CD-ROM data, and associated
	  executables.
	* Supports multiple title CD's and allows
	  you to choose what you want to run when
	  the CD is inserted.
	* Can be set up to use CD-ROMs with ANY
	  programs you want to use them with
	* Automatically runs CD-ROMs even older
	  non-autoplay discs!
	* Keeps track of Audio-CD's
	* Plays Audio-CD's with a full featured
	   and programmable CD Player.
	* Allows you to edit Audio-CD information,
	  such as titles, and artist!
	* Prints Audio CD catalogs.

Installation:

Run the setup program, then run the program (in your startup
group) once to get going! That's it! Now the next time you 
insert a CD into your drive, CDRunner95 will do it's job!

Uninstalling:

Should you decide to uninstall CDRunner95, you may do so from
the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs icon. Please be aware
though to stop the program from running. Also if you have no
other programs in your startup group, the group will be removed
as well. Simply create a new one in the Windows Explorer when 
it is needed again.

Accessing CDRunner95:

At any time CDRunner95 is active, you can access it's
main menu by holding [SHIFT]+[CTRL].

Installing CD's:

CDRunner95 makes this task easy. When a CD is inserted
into the drive that CDRunner95 has not met before, the
program will guide you through a short installation
process so CDRunner95 can "learn" how you would like
it to treat the disc from then on. CDRunner95 will
automatically determine whether the CD is Audio, or
Data and treat it accordingly. If a CD-ROM is designed
to take advantage of Windows 95 AutoRun, then CDRunner95
will pass the disc along to Windows 95.


AutoRun CD-ROMs:

Simple, just put them in.

CD-ROMs:

If the disc is a CD-ROM, and CDRunner95 has not 
encountered it yet, you will be asked a series of 
questions. If it "knows" the disc, it will be 
activated.

Installing:

The first question you are asked is if you would
like to install the CD. Answer YES if the disc has
not already been installed on your system. Answer NO
if you have previously installed the disc, or if no
installation is required. The last option, ignore, 
should be used if the disc was only inserted to look
at or you do not wish CDRunner to consider the disc.
Ignoring the disc will only apply to this time the
disc is inserted, next time you will be asked again.
To always ignore this disc choose NO it does not need
to be installed, and when asked for the executable, 
point the browser to the CDRunner95.exe file.

Verifying The Installation:

If you opted to install the CD, CDRunner95 will prompt
you for the installation program and run it. You will
see a screen asking if the installation went ok. If it
did choose yes and continue. If the installation went
bad CDRunner95 was unable to activate the install program
correctly, choose Installation Bad and follow the
instructions that came with the disc to install it.
CDRunner95 will learn the disc later. Either way, do not
make a decision on this screen until installation of
the disc is completed. In the event the installation
program restarts Windows, treat the program as one that
is already installed.

Multiple Executables:

If a CD-ROM is a "Multipack", or a collection of files that
require using different executables to run different programs
on the disc, CDRunner95 can handle it. Simply choose yes. You
will asked how many different files you run from this disc and,
will be be prompted for a Title, for each as well as it's 
executable. CDRunner95 will give you a choice of which to run
when the CD is inserted. If the collection is run through a 
menu, or the disc uses just one executable to start, choose 
no.

Selecting Executable:

After a CD has been installed on the system, you must
tell CDRunner95 what program to run when the CD is inserted.
simply call it up in the requester. If you are unsure,
check any instructions that came with the disc, or if the
application is Windows based, check under the program's 
properties from the desktop or Windows Explorer.

Command Line:

On this screen type any command line parameters needed to
run the executable program. Again, if you are unsure,
check any instructions that came with the disc, or if the
application is Windows based, check under the program's 
properties from the desktop or Windows Explorer.

Finished:

CDRunner95 now "knows" the disc, and will run it. In the
future, CDRunner95 will run the disc automatically when
it is put in the drive.

Audio-CD's:

If the disc is an Audio-CD CDRunner95 will activate
it's built-in CD Player by default. You may also configure
CDRunner95 to use the Windows95 CDPlayer (registered
version only) through the main menu [CTRL]+[SHIFT]. 
You choose to setup information about the CD by using 
the player's EDIT button. (See Editing CD's)

CD Player:

You may insert and remove Audio-CD's at will, CDRunner95 will 
reset when you do. The CDRunner95 CD Player is activated 
whenever an Audio-CD is inserted into the drive. The 
buttons and their functions are as follows:

Down Button: 
Skips 1 track down on each click.

Jump Button: 
Skips to chosen song title.

Up Button: 
Skips 1 track up on each click.

Pause Button: 
Pauses playback.

Stop Button: 
Stops disc playback, CDRunner95 will wait for a new disc. 
If auto-eject is set disc will eject.
	     
Repeat Button: 
Disc will repeat when finished, until disc is stopped or 
removed, or CDRunner95 is ended.

Auto-Eject Button: 
If your CD drive supports this feature, disc is ejected when 
stopped, or finished playing.

Volume Control: 
Runs your soundcard's mixer utility, or the Windows95 volume
control.

Minimize: 
Iconifies the CD Player.

Power: 
Quits CDRunner95.

Edit: 
Allows editing of the current Audio-CD information (see 
Editing CD's).

Program:
Allows you to configure a preset playlist for this CD.

Display:
You can double click on the Album Title, Artist Name, or
Song Title to quickly edit this information. Use this in
combination with the Jump button for quicker editing.

Editing CD's:

Audio CD's:

To change any information about an Audio-CD, simply put it
in the drive, and push the Edit Button on the CD Player.
CDRunner95 will cycle through the information it has about the
disc. If you do not want to change the current item, just hit
the enter key, otherwise type in the new information.
You can also edit any information about an Audio-CD while
the information is currently displayed by the CD Player
by double clicking on the appropriate part of the display. 
Use this in combination with the Jump button for quicker
editing access.

CD-Rom's:

Bring up the Main Conrtols by holding [SHIFT]+[CTRL], and
choose Edit CD-ROM. CDRunner95 will ask you to insert the CD.
When you do, click OK and CDRunner95 will treat the disc as
one it has never seen before. Enter the correct information
so CDRunner95 can "re-learn" the disc.


Hints And Tips:

The Possible Pitfalls Of Plug And Play:

Remember that if a disc is inserted, it will be used. Don't
leave discs in the drive when you have finished using them.
On the same note don't remove a CD-ROM while using it and then
put it back in, simply because you will run the program again,
which can cause problems (unless of course you want to run it
twice). 

Multidisc games:
Some newer games come spread out over more than on CD. If this
is the case, install the "boot" disc as normal, then set the 
rest of the discs to always ignore (see Installing above)

Accessing The Configuration Screen:

The configuration screen can be accessed by holding [CTRL] +
[SHIFT]. The screen can not be accesed while the CD Player
is active.

Changing The Sound Card Mixer:

To change the sound card mixer, first stop the CD Player.
Hold [CTRL] + [SHIFT], and choose Change Mixer from the
configuration menu. Locate the new mixer program and click
OK.

Disc Not Responding:

Some CD-ROM Drives are slow to start, if you do not get an
immediate response from CDRunner95, wait a few seconds, if still
no reponse, simply remove and re-insert the CD.

Start Menu/Desktop Icons: 

Once you have installed CDRunner95, you can safely delete any
Program Manager icons or groups associated with the CD's. 
CDRunner95 stores all of its information seperately from
Windows 95, and is a much easier way to run the CD.
Just note any properties (such as command line arguments)
needed to run the disc for future reference. 

Using Different Applications:

One possible way to use CDRunner95 to its fullest is to associate
a CD-ROM with an existing application.  For example a CD-ROM 
that is a graphics collection, can be set up to run your 
favorite graphics viewer by using the viewer as the executable,
if your viewer supported a command line option to log to a set 
directory, provide that as the command line, and when the disc
is inserted your viewer is ready! You could also use the
multiple feature to do this type of thing, and allow a choice
of graphics programs to be run when the disk is put in.


Re-Installing A CD-ROM:

If by chance you should remove a CD-ROM from your system,
and then attempt to re-install it, when you go to do so
CDRunner95 will attempt to run it when you put it in the
drive. To avoid this, use Edit CD-ROM to reinstall the
disc.

ShareWare Limitations in this version are imposed
by limiting the number of CD's supported by the program.

To Register and recieve the full version (latest update)
send check or money order for $25 (US) to the address
below. NY Residents add sales tax. Please specify that
you are ordering CDRunner95, or use the OrderForm.txt
file located in the program directory.

E-Mail questions or comments to 
InterNet: orion@global1.net

Or write: 
Eddie Thorpe
565 Summit Ave
Schenectady, NY 12307